Poloboy406

Yeah man, I've been wanting to lift my Jeep for almost 7 years but have kept putting it off and doing other things.

Poloboy406

Well my Dana 30 with the 4.10s arrived yesterday and to my surprise it is very rust free! The rotors and calipers are also in really good condition, and it looks like the pads are pretty new!

I'm going to the junk yard today to hopefully pick up leaf springs, a tie rod and whatever else I can find.

Poloboy406

Well, apparently the junk yards around Missoula are closed on weekends... who knew. I've only been here about a year and a half.

Should I look into shackle relocation boxes at this point? I am planning for about 4.5-5 inches of lift.

If I did, I would be into 1-1.5" for the boxes, 1 inch lift shackle and the rest spring...

Can someone with experience chime in here?

Can I just get away with longer shackles for now?

MD XJ

Love the look of your Jeep in stock form, and can only imagine how nice it'll be when modified more.

Two door, 5 speed Cherokees unite!

Poloboy406

Thanks man, I just wish the junkyards were open on the weekends around here, then I could actually get goin on it!

Poloboy406

Alright, well I put an order in to Qtec for a set of JKS shackles, an inner shifter boot, a shifter cover seal, as well as a shift rod bushing.

I also ordered a new OE shift **** from team cherokee.

Going to the junk yard tomorrow after class to get my leaf springs and every thing else.

Poloboy406

4.10 Dana 30... yeah buddy.

Poloboy406

So I found a V8 ZJ front driveshaft... didn't think it was gonna cost so much from the yard ($125). I checked around on car-part.com and it seems like that is actually on the lower end for driveshafts so... looks like I'm droppin $125 bones.

Poloboy406

So I bought the Bilsteins from Iron Rock Offroad and they gave me a bunch of hardware of which included these.... Can someone tell me what they are for?

Xj88

Rofl...those are bar pins..thats how the upper rear shock and front lower mounts attach to the jeep

Poloboy406

Got it, thanks man. As you can tell I haven't replaced my shocks on the jeep...ever...

Xj88

Those bar pins can be a ***** to get in the bushings... trick is get some hand soap and cover the bushings and the bar pins with it (bushing should already be in shock...put the bar-pin in a vice and press the shock down onto it.

sthon

Good luck with JY's around Missoula. Most of them have closed down. There is a junk yard out in Arlee, it's kind of hit and miss and the dude that runs it can be bipolar as well...

Poloboy406

I've kinda been noticing that with a bunch of the places around missoula... Everybody is mad at the world.

Poloboy406

1995 V8 ZJ front drive shaft. Measured about 33" compressed.